I'm A Naturist At Heart. I Love

Women Have Got To Stop Being Polite. If I Ever Had Children, Which I Don't, The First Thing I'd Teach A Girl Of Mine Is The Words 'f - Off.'

When I Was Making Films [early In My Career] There Were Very, Very Few Female Directors, And There Were Certainly No Women On Set, Which Made Taking One's Clothes Off All The More Difficult.

I Think A Lot Of My Work Has Been A Weird Attempt To Liberate Myself, But It's Not Altogether Successful.

My Fear Of Drama School Is That The Natural Extraordinary But Eccentric Talent Sometimes Can't Find Its Place In A Drama School. And Often That's The Greatest Talent. And It Very Much Depends On The Drama School And How It's Run And The Teachers. It's A Different Thing Here In America As Well Because So Many Of Your Great Actors Go To Class, Which Is Sort Of We Don't Do In England.

I'm Not A Republican Any More. Not So Voraciously Anyway - I'm Not In Favour Of The Concept Of Monarchy, But I Do See The Good In It If There's A Good Person In The Role.